The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-15
Law in the East and West.


81 hate to live in a new country
said Jones, as related by the Salt
Lake Tribune, where there is nc
law"
oyer bet YER" chimed in Thomp.
son. Claw is the only thing that
keeps us out OF everlasting chaos"
"Yes, indeed" said legal gentle
man present. ut is the bulwark o!
the poor mans liberty-the shield
which the strong arm ofjustice throws
over the weak-the solace and the
balsam OF the unfortunate and wrong
en-the--"
80, stop err" remarked man with
one eve. 81 won't have it that way.
Law is a boss invention for rascals oi
all grades. Give me a country where
there is no law and i can take
care OF myself every time. Now, for in
stance, when / lived in Ohio got
dosn OF law that will never forget ]
was in partnership with man named
Butler, and one morning we found our
cashier missing with $4,000. He had
dragged the safe and put out, Well, J
started after HIM and caught him IN
Chicago, where he was spurging around
on the money. got him arrested and
there was an examination. Well,all the
facts were brought out, and the de-
tense moved that the case be dis miss
ed, as the prosecution did not make
out a case in the name OF the firm, and
that if there was firm the copartner'
ship had not been shown by any evi'
dence before the court. To my astonish'
ment the court said the plea was o. X.
ard dismissed the case. Before lcould
realize what was up the thief had
walked off. Well, / followed him to
st. Louis, and there tackled him again.
sent for my partner, and we made
complete case, going for him in the
name of the Commonwealth and
Smith, Butler e. Co. Well, the law.
yer for the defense claimed that the
money being taken from a private
drawer in the safe, was my money ex,
clusively, and that my partner had
nothing to do with it; that the case
should be prosecuted by me individu.
ally and not by the firm. The old
bloAe who sat on the bench wiped his
spectacles, grunted around awhile and
dismissed the case. Away goes the
man again. Then got another hitch
on him and tried to convict him Of
theft. but the court held that he
should be charged with embezzlement'
Some wears after tackled him again,
and they let him go. Statutes OF linn
itation, you see. Well, l concluded
to give it up, and l did. .
But about four years afterward J
was down in Colorado, and a mar
pointed to another and said, Thai
fellow has just made hundred thous'
and in a mining swiDdle.' l looked
and it was my old cashier. followed
him to the hotel and nailed him in his
room with the money. Now, | says.
Billy, do you recognize your old boss
and OF course he did. Says |: Bill, J
want that three thousand you stole
from me. with the interest and all lie
gal and travelling expenses An, yot
dor says he; didn't the courts decide
that
Course the courts says |, putting
a six.shooter foot long under his
nose. This is the sort OF legal docu'
ment that Pm travelin' onn now. This
is the complaint, warrant, indictment
Judge, Jury, verdict, and sentence al
combined, and the firm o.
Golf & Co., New Haven. are my
attorneys in this case. When
they speak they talk straight to thu
point OF your mug. you bloody lar
ceny thief. This jury OF six, OF which
| am foreman, ig liable to bedischarg
ed at any moment. No technicality
or statute of limitation here, and 9